| Gervase Wheeler: A British Architect in America, 1847-1860 Contributor(s): Tribert, Renée (Author), O'Gorman, James F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819571458 ISBN-13: 9780819571458 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Architecture - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011035007 |
| Series: Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 7.33" W x 10.2" (1.10 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The American career of an influential English architect Gervase Wheeler was an English-born architect who designed such important American works as the Henry Boody House in Brunswick, Maine; the Patrick Barry House in Rochester, New York; and the chapels at Bowdoin and Williams colleges. But he was perhaps best known as the author of two influential architecture books, Rural Homes (1851) and Homes for the People (1855). Yet Wheeler has remained a little known, enigmatic figure. Renée Tribert and James F. O'Gorman's study sheds new light on the course of Wheeler's career in the states, and brings crucial issues to the fore--the international movement of ideas, the development of the American architectural profession, the influence of architectural publications on popular taste, and social history as expressed in the changing nature of the American house. Wheeler's career is traced chronologically and geographically and the book is lavishly illustrated with over fifty images, including building plans and historical photographs. |